Card 46 / 153: Strategic family counselors often rely on relabeling or reframing. A client says his girl friend yells at him every time he engages in a certain behavior. The best example of reframing or relabeling would be
A) a counselor who remarks, “Research seems to show that when she yells at you it is because she loves you so much. A woman often feels foolish if she hugs or kisses you in a situation like that.”
B) a counselor who remarks, “Can you tell me about it in the present moment, as if she is yelling at you this very minute?”
C) a counselor who remarks, “You are upset by her verbal assaults.”
D) a counselor who remarks, “Are you really hurt by your girl friend’s remarks or is it the fact that you are telling yourself how catastrophic it is that she said these things?”

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